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Re: asking for the bathroom

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Saturday, June 2, 2001, 16:14
Me too.  I avoid them when at all possible, but it isn't always.  And yes
they are clean.  And yes, I've hear the sanitary argument too.  And it's
probably true as long as you keep you clothing clear and don't hit your own
foot!  They are singluarly un-fun when suffering from laduzi.

Adam

Bladder infection.  LOL'd so hard I had to wipe tears from my eyes!

>From: Weiben Wang <wwang@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: asking for the bathroom >Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 07:47:54 -0700 > >Having grown up in the US, I've always hated squat toilets, although in >Taiwan they are at least porcelain, flush, and generally quite clean. As a >man, through the judicious use of the sit-commode before leaving the house >I can generally avoid actually having to squat over the squat toilets. My >recent female traveling companion wasn't so lucky, but she got used to it. >She did have to figure out which way to face (as a child I learned the hard >way that boys really ought to pee facing the little hood) and how to >balance on her heals without dropping things into it. She did lose a pair >of sunglasses. > >I have always complained bitterly about squat toilets to my mother, whose >response has always been, "But they're more sanitary. You don't have to >touch the toilet seat," which makes perfect sense if you think about it, >particularly in China where the smell alone could give you a bladder >infection. > >This is all way OT, so back to your regularly scheduled programming... > >-Weiben > >On Fri, 01 June 2001, Adam Walker wrote: > > > > > We still have squattie potties here in Taiwan. They're flush squatties, >but > > they're squatties. Mind you, private residences have Western-style >toilets > > but most older public places have squatties. And toilet paper is NOT > > provided. Cary your own! > > > > Adam > > > > > > >From: Weiben Wang <wwang@...> > > >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> > > >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > > >Subject: Re: asking for the bathroom > > >Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:25:59 -0700 > > > > > >And I still have vivid memories from age seven in 1973 of using the >(squat) > > >privies on a commune in China that emptied into a giant vat where the > > >nightsoil was supposed to compost for some time. That and the chamber >pot. > > > <Shudder> > > > > > >-Weiben > > > > > >On Fri, 01 June 2001, "H. S. Teoh" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:07:26PM -0400, Douglas Koller, Latin & >French > > >wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > When I lived in mainland China (albeit twelve years ago), >"nightsoil" > > > > > carts were a common sight, carrying waste from downtown into the > > > > > surrounding countryside where the crudit?s were grown. This is >also > > > > > why most mainlanders recoil in horror at the mere soup?on of a >hint > > > > > of a suggestion of eating vegetables raw (you can claim you've >washed > > > > > them thoroughly until the cows come home). "Salad, anyone?" > > > > > "Waaaaaaaa~~~~!" "Okay, okay. Come in off the ledge." > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > LOL!! Although I've grown up in a family that, not surprisingly, > > > > emphasized that all vegetables must be cooked, I've never really >known > > >why > > > > (beyond the usual hygienic reasons) this was so. Now I know :-P > > > > > > > > > > > > T > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the >day > > >they > > > > start making vacuum cleaners... -- Slashdotter > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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